On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 5:34 PM, Sebastian Zartner < sebastianzartner@gmail.com> wrote: > I don't think it's a good idea to have document.elementFromPoint take >> viewport coordinates but document.elementsFromPoint take document >> coordinates. >> > Uhm, who said document.elementsFromPoint() would take document > coordinates? Did you mean <element>.caretPositionFromPoint()? If so, how > to solve the overlapping problem then? > Ted initiated this thread by asking for naming suggestions for a method similar to document.elementFromPoint that operates with document coordinates. You replied to this thread... > Btw. what is caretPositionFromPoint() expected to return? A character > offset? > > > I think elementsFromPoint isn't a great name >> > How about getElementsAtPoint() and getCaretPositionAtPoint() to be > consistent with similar functions? > Maybe it would be better to respond to Ted's requests here, and start a new thread discussing the possibility of variants of elementFromPoint and caretPositionFromPoint that return multiple values? Otherwise we risk confusion, not to mention losing sight of the original request. Cheers, -Shane > > Sebastian >Received on Monday, 29 October 2012 05:21:47 UTC
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